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004     *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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006     *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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008     *
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010     *
011     *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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016     */
017    
018    package org.apache.geronimo.util.encoders;
019    
020    import java.io.IOException;
021    import java.io.OutputStream;
022    
023    /**
024     * Encode and decode byte arrays (typically from binary to 7-bit ASCII
025     * encodings).
026     */
027    public interface Encoder
028    {
029        int encode(byte[] data, int off, int length, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
030    
031        int decode(byte[] data, int off, int length, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
032    
033        int decode(String data, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
034    }